Beyond responsive design: Adaptation to touch and multitouch

Abstract

The new generation of touch devices are often used for web browsing, but the majority of web interfaces are still not adapted for touch and multi-touch interaction. Using an example of an existing web site, we experiment with different adaptations for touch and multi-touch. The goal is to inform the design of a new class of web interfaces that could leverage gesture-based interaction to better support application-specific tasks. We also discuss how current responsive design techniques would need to be extended to cater for the proposed adaptations.